Longtown Primestock Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts Limited had forward 6,556 sheep comprising of 2,522 spring lambs and 4,034 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 15th July 2021.

 A larger show of cast cows were forward which saw all classes in demand and more numbers required in Longtown on a weekly basis to meet buyer demand. The sale topped at £972 for Holsteins shown by TM Ralston, Dhurrie, Campbeltown, who sold others at £968. British Blue cows to £970 from GW Dinnin, Nether Albie, Eaglesfield. Beef Shorthorns sold at £960 from JDM Thomson, Pilmuir, Hawick, who also had Angus cows at £927. Top price per kilo of 192p for Beef Shorthorns from Pilmuir.

A larger show of 2,522 new season spring lambs sold to blistering rates as all classes met serious demand achieving an outstanding overall sale average of 270.8ppk, being a long way clear of all markets held in the early part of the week.

Lightweight lambs (32-37kg) were a big trade topping at 317ppk for a pen of Beltex lambs consigned by Burnfoot Farms, Sanquhar. Texels topped at 308p for a pen of well presented lambs consigned by M/s Bell, Kirkbride, Castle Douglas. Suffolk lambs topped at 284p for a penful consigned by M/s JB & L Swanson, East Murkle, Caithness. Blackface lambs were a serious rent with Charlie Halbert, Prospect House, selling an expertly finished pen of 37, 33kg realising £88 or 267p. More are required on a weekly basis to satisfy demand.            

Top per head of £168 and £164 for Suffolk’s from JB & L Swanson, East Murkle, Caithness.  

Overall average 270.8p (SQQ 271.4p)

More lambs are required to fulfill demand on a weekly basis as customers are very keen for supplies, please do not hesitate to contact our auctioneers, who would be pleased to assist, for any further entries or enquiries.

PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)

Beltex 317p Burnfoot, 305p High Stenries, 295p, 292p Lees Hall, 295p, 289p Gallowberry, 288p Shaw Head & High Stenries.  

Texel 308p Kirkbride, 305p West Millhills, 301p Greenburn, 291p Cubbyhill & Corncockle, 290p Nunwick, Netherton & Stud Farm.

Millennium Blue 290p Millhill.     

Charollais 285p Shaw Head, 281p Meikle Richorn, 279p Brookside, 276p Millhill.   

Suffolk 284p East Murkle, 280p Halmyre, 279p Archerbeck, 278p High Cattadale & Hullerbank, 277p Drumburn, Gartvaigh & Beckhall.   

Cheviot 279p Auchlin, 272p Brookside.

Dorset 275p Brae Edge.    

Mule 270p, 263p Whiteside, 258p Rhoin, 257p Whiteside.   

Blackface 267p, 256p Prospect House.

PRINCIPAL PRICE (PER HEAD)

Suffolk £168, £164, £145 East Murkle, £142 High Cattadale, £138 Stoneflatts, £135 Grindon Hill & Staffler.  

Texel £158 Smerral, £150 Bidlake, £148 Springwells, £147 Low Tirfergus, £139 Stonehouse & Nunwick, £138 Corneyside, £138 Nilston Rigg, Fingland & Nether Locharwoods.   

Dorset £135 Brae Edge.

Beltex £130 Lees Hall, High Stenries & Shaw Head, £125.50 Lees Hall, £125, £122 High Stenries, £121 Gallowberry.  

Charollais £129.50 Archerbeck, £127 Glenlea, £123 Moss Side & Archerbeck, £122 Shaw Head.   

Oxford £122 Guards.

Millennium Blue £120, £116 Millhill.

Mule £118 Whiteside.

A smaller show of 4,034 ewes were forward. All classes of ewes maintained last week’s monumental trade for heavy and meated light ewes, whilst the plain horned ewes still proved difficult to place. Ewes are keenly sought after for next week’s sale.

Heavy ewes topped at £200 for a Texel shown by J Elliot, Roxburgh Mains, Kelso.  

Hill ewes topped at £121 for Cheviots from A & A Hogg, Milnholm, Langholm with Blackface ewes selling to £111 shown by JH Story, Crindledykes, Bardon Mill.  

Mule ewes topped at £126 for a penful consigned by WJ & D Longlands, Rusheylaw, Hexham, who’s run of Mule ewes went on to average £120.68p. WT Evans, Awhirk, Lochans sold a fantastic run of 100 Mule ewes to a top of £124 for a pen of 24 hefty ladies.  

Rams to £210 for a Texel from AM & L Sutherland, Carran, Thurso.   

Numbers of ewes are required for next week’s sale, more ewes can be sold on a weekly basis to vendor’s advantage. Please do not hesitate to contact our auctioneers for further entries or enquiries.  

HEAVY EWES

Texel £200 Roxburgh Mains, £192 Belzies, £190, £188 Upper Huntley Wood, £187 Stud Farm, £185 Carran, £180 Blackadder Mains.

Suffolk £138 Clackmae & East Murkle, £137 Beckfoot, £136 East Murkle, £135 Skelfhill, £132 Pilmuir, £131 Tathhill Cottage, £130 Fearn & Kirkland Hall.       

Charollais £134 Blackadder Mains, £121, £120 Beckfoot.  

Cheviot Mule £132, £123 Awhirk.    

Bluefaced Leicester £130 Bidlake & Spoutbank, £124 Kildalloig.  

North Country Cheviot £128 Earlside, £127 High Tirfergus, £126 East Murkle, £121 Mains of Machermore, £120 Marchbank & Earlside.

Mule £126 Rusheylaw, £124 Awhirk, £122 Broomhills, £121 Awhirk & Low Leam, £120 Milnholm, Pilmuir & Old Rectory.

LIGHT EWES

Cheviot £121 Milnholm, £114 Stud Farm, £108 North Corrielaw.

Blackface £111 Crindledykes, £106 Laverhay, £99 Lawston, £97 Wanwood Hill, £96 High Tirfergus, £94 Edges Green, £91 Davdell, £90 Leithenhall & Kirkhill.   

Easycare £100 Bidlake.  

Swaledale £88 Spoutbank, £77 Laverhay.  

RAMS

Texel £210 Carran, £164 Old Rectory, £154 Sorrowlessfield Mains.  

Suffolk £180 Clackmae.

Charollais £170 Craigslea.   

Valais Blacknose £136 Thorns.

Bluefaced Leicester £122 Laverhay.

Blue Texel £122 South Slealands.  

Lleyn £119 South Bowerhouses.

Cheviot £119 Catslackburn.    

Blackface £112 Turnalt.

Easycare £108 Mossfennan.   

Averages:

Lambs
Light to           -------p (------p)
Standard to      314.0p (275.8p)
Medium to      305.0p (270.1p)
Heavy to         291.0p (267.5p)
Overweight to 274.0p (253.6p)

Ewes
Light to           £121.00 (£55.25) 
Heavy to         £200.00 (£107.52)

Rams   to      £210.00 (£100.25)

 

corresponding week 2020 sale report